After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 265

Chapter 265

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Elaine fell backward, scrambling across the floor as the bear swiped where her head had been.

Bjorn reared back again, towering over her and letting out an ear–splitting roar. She covered her ears but didn’t have time to move as the bear surged toward her again. Then Liam was there

He intercepted the attack in his wolf form, a far more controlled shift as he slid in front of Elaine. The bear jerked back, eyes wide and wild. Liam took that moment to turn to Elaine and shove his muzzle against her side.

Elaine didn’t need further encouragement.

She stood up and sprinted away from Bjorn. The crowd was already screaming and fleeing, Liam shifted back to his human form and ran alongside Elaine

“What was put in that drink?” Liam demanded.

“I don’t know!” Elaine replied. She slid to a stop. That bag she found she’d dropped it when she fell She turned back toward it. “The evidence!” she called out.

Liam skidded to a halt and turned back to her. He cursed under his breath as Elaine started to run back towards it. He got to her quicker and grabbed her arm, yanking her to a stop.

“Forget it!” he said, pulling her away as Bjorn started to lumber after them.

Then, to the right of them, another guest screamed, and his shift tore through him. A feral looking wolf snarled and turned on the closest person to it

Somewhere else, another person shifted.

It wasn’t just Bjorn who’d drank the spiked wine there must have been more bottles that had been tampered with.

Panic seared up Elaine’s throat and she struggled to think straight, Liam slid to a stop as a feral wolf tore through the crowd in front of them, ripping apart a poor guest who hadn’t gotten away in time

The smell of blood filled the air.

Elaine covered her nose, turning and running the opposite direction, pulling Liam with her Another feral wolf burst through the crowd, and she jerked away from it, while Liam was forced to pull backward.

Separated.

Elaine had to run as the wolf turned to her. Liam shifted once more to stop it from chasing her, though was now caught in a fight with someone he once knew. He didn’t want to hurt them.

But they certainly wanted to hurt him.

Elaine ran back through the crowd, getting pushed and shoved as others tried to make a break for the exit. She wouldn’t be able to get to it with the mass of bodies all crowding to force their way out the doors

She ran down a side corridor, trying to feel for her own wolf. Yet she simply couldn’t. There was no sign of her own wolf coming to the forefront

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For a brief moment, she was alone in the hallway, taking a deep breath and trying to calm herself down She slowed to a walk.

Liam was still in there.

Yet there was nothing she could do, being unable to shift. She couldn’t help him. And with so many feral shifters in there…

The door behind her tore off its hinges with a roar from the beast who’d done it. Bjorn. Elaine whirled around to look at him, her eyes wide.

The bear puffed, his breath hot and heavy in the air. He gaze caught her and he froze.

Elaine took a step back

He lunged forward.

She turned and sprinted down the hall, the bear gaining far faster than what she would have liked. She took a turn and his claws slid on the floor. His massive body cracked the wall he ran into.

Then he was running again

Elaine spotted and open door and ran through it. She slammed it behind her and sprinted through what looked like the kitchens.

She ran around one of the steel counters and dropped down right has the door was busted inwards, flying off its hinges and slamming into the ground several feet away

Elaine could hear the heavy breathing and click of claws against the floor A deep inhale to her right. She slowly crawled to the left, rounded the counter to avoid the sound of the bear

Slowly, she pressed a hand against her mouth, trying to stay as silent as she could.

He was right behind her

Meanwhile, back in the ballroom, Liam locked his jaws around one of the smaller wolves. He turned, throwing the wolf into a nearby wall. Liam whimpered as he heard a crack, his ears pinning backward.

These were his people. Some of them his friends.

What the hell was wrong with them? Liam didn’t want to do this, but they were attacking and killing others who were desperately trying to flee…

Liam stopped another feral wolf, pinning them to the ground and snarling, His Alpha dominance should have had them cowering, if they were smart. But they weren’t

They snapped the air and spun, trying to grab at him. None of these ferals were in their right mind, Liam grabbed the neck of the wolf and dragged them away from the ground, hauling them up and throwing them back into another feral.

Liam lumbered toward the crowd, helping a few others flee, as they recognized their Alpha. Yet as he got to the doors, his nose twitched. He didn’t smell Elaine among this number She wasn’t here.

He turned and looked back. Bjorn wasn’t here either.

Something cold settled in the pit of his stomach. Liam burst out into a run, bowling over more of the ferals to stop them in their tracks as he searched for the scent of Elaine in this chaos.

He noticed two ferals ripping into each other and realized they were just as much danger to themselves as others.